06-18-2015, 05:55 PM
(06-18-2015, 04:00 AM)cranky Wrote: Another big difference though, is that David's handlers weren't trying to sell his first 15 fights as PPV, which sets different expectations in quality of matchups.
If I recall correctly, the first of Tuas fights I even saw (on regular NZ TV) was his 17th fight, against Cecil Coffee... Can anyone else recall if the earlier US fights were even televised in NZ?
Hear hear cranky! That's it! David's apprenticeship was played out without limelight and bs on under-cards. Duco are over selling Parker and his opponents when he should be quietly going about his apprenticeship - knocking them over every two months, as Tua did (thanks for that list diehard). What grates me is the hype and crap they spin to hook in the public. V.